God, yes.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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Scrappy - Aug 02, 2005 8:10:57 am PDT #6312 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 8:11:31 am PDT #6313 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I am a bad film fan.
Should there be spanking?
Amazon has the box set of the trilogy for about $30, and it's worth every penny.
That reminds me, I've tried Kieslowski's The Decalogue about 7-8 years ago and couldn't really get into it. Maybe it's time to give it another go.
Tom Scola - Aug 02, 2005 8:18:45 am PDT #6314 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
On the DVD, Juliette Binoche talks about how she turned down a role in Jurassic Park to be in Bleu.
Smart lady.
Sean K - Aug 02, 2005 8:32:40 am PDT #6315 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
[squirt, squirt, squirt]
GAH!
Volans - Aug 02, 2005 8:33:32 am PDT #6316 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I love Bleu, but I love Rouge just a smidgeon more. The whole trilogy is great though.
Vonnie and I share a mind on this.
I also enjoy how the "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" themes play subtly. You can enjoy the movies without feeling the anvils of theme.
beekaytee - Aug 02, 2005 8:59:43 am PDT #6317 of 10002
Compassionately intolerant
Loved, loved, loved the trilogy. So I thought I'd love Decalogue as well. Nearly had me opening a vein. Depised it to a power of ten and could not figure out how three such beautiful, finely crafted pieces of art could come out of the same man as these other pieces of something other than art.
I guess it's like birthing children. Crap shoot.
Hayden - Aug 02, 2005 11:26:53 am PDT #6318 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
White was definitely my least favorite of the trilogy, but it had my favorite of the lead actresses.
P.M. Marc - Aug 02, 2005 12:32:31 pm PDT #6319 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Me neither. (I don't know if it's better or worse that I'm pretty sure we own it, I just haven't watched them yet. Or maybe we don't. I can't remember.)
You, in this case, are me. And we do own it. I think. I'm pretty certain Paul bought it, because he's been trying to get me to watch the trilogy for almost a decade, and I'm just never in the mood.
Vonnie K - Aug 02, 2005 12:57:36 pm PDT #6320 of 10002
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Julie Delpy! Siiiigh. I do like Blanc quite a bit; just not as much as I love the other two.
The first time I watched Rouge, I actually burst into tears of happiness at the end. It was the damnedest thing. Well, maybe "happiness" is the wrong term--it left me euphoric and bittersweet at the same time, like the world was a bigger, wiser, and more unfathomable than it was before I saw the film. (Damn, that sounds pretentious as hell.)
Maysa - Aug 03, 2005 9:23:22 am PDT #6321 of 10002
I rented Bleu about a month ago, and I thought it was overrated (although almost nothing could live up to its reputation). However, I tend to dislike movies where everything is so massively serious.
(I'm also a bad film fan.)